EP3412959B1 - Éclairage de véhicule - Google Patents

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EP3412959B1
EP3412959B1 EP17747586.0A EP17747586A EP3412959B1 EP 3412959 B1 EP3412959 B1 EP 3412959B1 EP 17747586 A EP17747586 A EP 17747586A EP 3412959 B1 EP3412959 B1 EP 3412959B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/10—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by the light source
    • F21S41/14—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by the light source characterised by the type of light source
    • F21S41/141—Light emitting diodes [LED]
    • F21S41/147—Light emitting diodes [LED] the main emission direction of the LED being angled to the optical axis of the illuminating device
    • F21S41/148—Light emitting diodes [LED] the main emission direction of the LED being angled to the optical axis of the illuminating device the main emission direction of the LED being perpendicular to the optical axis
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/10—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by the light source
    • F21S41/14—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by the light source characterised by the type of light source
    • F21S41/141—Light emitting diodes [LED]
    • F21S41/155—Surface emitters, e.g. organic light emitting diodes [OLED]
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/10—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by the light source
    • F21S41/14—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by the light source characterised by the type of light source
    • F21S41/16—Laser light sources
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/20—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters
    • F21S41/25—Projection lenses
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/20—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/30—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by reflectors
    • F21S41/32—Optical layout thereof
    • F21S41/321—Optical layout thereof the reflector being a surface of revolution or a planar surface, e.g. truncated
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/40—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by screens, non-reflecting members, light-shielding members or fixed shades
    • F21S41/43—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by screens, non-reflecting members, light-shielding members or fixed shades characterised by the shape thereof
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/60—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution
    • F21S41/67—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution by acting on reflectors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/60—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution
    • F21S41/68—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution by acting on screens
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2102/00—Exterior vehicle lighting devices for illuminating purposes
    • F21W2102/10—Arrangement or contour of the emitted light
    • F21W2102/13—Arrangement or contour of the emitted light for high-beam region or low-beam region
    • F21W2102/135—Arrangement or contour of the emitted light for high-beam region or low-beam region the light having cut-off lines, i.e. clear borderlines between emitted regions and dark regions
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2102/00—Exterior vehicle lighting devices for illuminating purposes
    • F21W2102/10—Arrangement or contour of the emitted light
    • F21W2102/13—Arrangement or contour of the emitted light for high-beam region or low-beam region
    • F21W2102/135—Arrangement or contour of the emitted light for high-beam region or low-beam region the light having cut-off lines, i.e. clear borderlines between emitted regions and dark regions
    • F21W2102/16—Arrangement or contour of the emitted light for high-beam region or low-beam region the light having cut-off lines, i.e. clear borderlines between emitted regions and dark regions having blurred cut-off lines

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  • the present invention relates to a vehicular lighting according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a vehicular lighting is known from JP 2008 262 755 A .
  • optical streaks are sometimes formed on a road surface.
  • JP 2014-157733 discloses a vehicular lighting that includes a light source and a lens that externally irradiates light from the light source as a light distribution pattern having a cut-off line.
  • a diffusion part for diffusing incident light is formed on an incident surface of the lens.
  • the diffusion part is formed by crossing continuous minute concave curved surfaces or minute convex curved surfaces (see JP 2014-157733 ).
  • the diffusion parts are formed on the entire incident surface (the entire surface corresponding to the range contributing to forming a light distribution pattern) of the lens without any gaps.
  • a cut-off line is dimmed and thus it is possible to prevent an area above the cut-off line from suddenly becoming dark as described in JP 2014-157733 , which leads to an improvement in driver's visibility.
  • the present invention has been achieved in view of the above problems, and an object of the invention is to provide a vehicular lighting that prevents light distribution unevenness from being generated on a road surface in view of operability of adjustment by aiming or the like.
  • the present invention can provide the vehicular lighting that prevents light distribution unevenness from being generated on a road surface in view of operability of adjustment by aiming or the like.
  • a vehicular lighting according to an embodiment of the present invention is a vehicular lighting incorporated in each of left and right head lamps for a car (101R, 101L) on the front of a vehicle 102 shown in Fig. 1 .
  • a vehicular lighting for left traveling is described.
  • the vehicular lighting according to the present embodiment includes a housing (not shown) that is open to a vehicle front side and an outer lens (not shown) that is attached to the housing so as to cover the opening.
  • a lamp unit 10 (see Fig. 2 ) and the like is disposed in a lamp chamber constituted by the housing and the outer lens.
  • Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the lamp unit 10, taken along a light irradiation optical axis
  • the lamp unit 10 includes a heat sink 20, a light source 30 disposed on the heat sink 20, a reflector 40 that is disposed above the heat sink 20 so as to cover the light source 30 in a half dome shape, a lens 50 that is disposed on a front side of the light source 30, and a shade 60 that is disposed between the reflector 40 and the lens 50.
  • the heat sink 20 radiates heat generated by the light source 30, and is preferably molded using a metal material (for example, aluminum) or a resin with high thermal conductivity.
  • the heat sink 20 according to the present embodiment is composed of aluminum die cast.
  • a semiconductor light source is preferably used as the light source 30.
  • the present embodiment uses an LED, which is a semiconductor light source in which a light-emitting chip 32 is placed on a substrate 31 having electric wiring for power supply (not shown) formed thereon.
  • the number of the light-emitting chips 32 placed on the substrate 31 is not particularly limited, and one or a plurality of the light-emitting chips 32 may be placed.
  • the shape of the light-emitting chip 32 is not particularly limited, and a square or rectangular light-emitting chip 32 may be used.
  • semiconductor light sources such as an LD and an EL (an organic EL) may be used.
  • the substrate 31 is disposed on the heat sink 20 so that a light-emitting surface of the light-emitting chip 32 faces upward, and light from the light source 30 is irradiated upward.
  • the reflector 40 is disposed above the heat sink 20 so as to cover the light source 30 in a half dome shape, and light from the light source 30 is reflected toward a side of the lens 50 by a reflecting surface 41 of the reflector 40.
  • a material used for the reflector 40 is preferably a metal material (for example, aluminum) or a resin material with high thermal conductivity, and at the same time, a light impermeable material.
  • the reflector 40 may be composed of aluminum die cast, similarly to the heat sink 20.
  • the reflecting surface 41 of the reflector 40 is formed of a free curved surface based on a spheroid (an ellipse) having two focuses.
  • the reflector 40 is disposed above the heat sink 20 so that a first focus F1 of the reflecting surface 41 is positioned at or near the light-emitting center of the light source 30 and a second focus F2 is positioned near an upper end of the shade 60.
  • the lens 50 may be composed of a transparent resin material such as polycarbonate and acryl.
  • an aspheric lens that is circular as viewed from the front in a light irradiation direction, and includes, as shown in Fig. 2 , a light incident surface 51 that is flat and a light-emitting surface 52 that has an arc shape projecting toward the front side is used as the lens 50 in the present embodiment, for example, the surface shape of the incident surface 51 or the light-emitting surface 52 may be formed in other shapes including a free curved surface.
  • the incident surface 51 of the lens 50 has a flat appearance as described above, light diffusion parts (prisms) are formed on the incident surface 51.
  • the lens 50 includes a flange 53 on a side of the incident surface 51.
  • the flange 53 is held by a lens holder (not shown) attached to the heat sink 20, and the lens 50 is disposed so that a back focus of the lens 50 is positioned at or near the second focus F2 of the reflector 40.
  • the shade 60 is preferably composed of a light impermeable material, and is attached to the heat sink 20 so that, as shown in Fig. 2 , the upper end of the shade 60 is positioned near the second focus F of the reflector 40 and near the back focus of the lens 50.
  • a part of light reflected by the reflecting surface 41 of the reflector 40 toward the side of the lens 50 is blocked, so that a cut-off line CL of a light distribution pattern LP is formed.
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the side of the incident surface 51 of the lens 50.
  • Fig. 3 the light diffusion part on the incident surface 51 is omitted, and only areas on the incident surface 51 classified by the light diffusion part are shown.
  • the lens 50 an upper incident surface 54 above the center of the incident surface 51, an intermediate incident surface 55 including the center of the incident surface 51, and a lower incident surface 56 under the intermediate incident surface 55.
  • Fig. 4 is a plan view showing only the incident surface 51 as viewed from the front.
  • first light diffusion parts 54a diffusing light are arranged on the upper incident surface 54 and second light diffusion parts 56b diffusing light are arranged on the lower incident surface 56.
  • Third light diffusion parts 55b and fourth light diffusion parts 55a that diffuse light are arranged on the intermediate incident surface 55.
  • the intermediate incident surface 55 also includes a plain part 55c in which the third light diffusion part 55b and the fourth light diffusion part 55a are not arranged.
  • the intermediate incident surface 55 includes a first arrangement pattern part (1) in which the third light diffusion part 55b and the fourth light diffusion part 55a are arranged substantially alternately in a horizontal direction (a left-and-right direction in the drawing), a second arrangement pattern part (2) in which almost only the plain parts 55c are arranged in the horizontal direction, and a third arrangement pattern part (3) in which almost only the fourth light diffusion parts 55a are arranged in the horizontal direction.
  • the intermediate incident surface 55 includes the first arrangement pattern part (1) (see framed (1)) substantially at the center of the intermediate incident surface 55 in a vertical direction (a vertical direction in the drawing), and toward the outside in the vertical direction (the vertically outside in the drawing), the intermediate incident surface 55 includes sequentially the second arrangement pattern part (2), the first arrangement pattern part (1), the third arrangement pattern part (3), the first arrangement pattern part (1), the third arrangement pattern part (3), the first arrangement pattern part (1), and the second arrangement pattern part (2).
  • the third arrangement pattern part (3) is formed on the top outside (the top in the drawing) of the intermediate incident surface 55 in the vertical direction (the vertical direction in the drawing), and the first arrangement pattern part (1) is formed on the bottom outside (the bottom in the drawing) of the intermediate incident surface 55 in the vertical direction.
  • the third light diffusion parts 55b are formed to be arranged in a substantially evenly distributed manner, the fourth light diffusion parts 55a are formed without any unevenness as a whole, and similarly, the plain parts 55c are formed without any unevenness as a whole.
  • the third light diffusion part 55b, the fourth light diffusion part 55a, and the plain part 55c are arranged on the intermediate incident surface 55 without any unevenness. Consequently, if the attachment position of the lens 50 is slightly shifted by an attachment error at the time of assemble or the like, a light diffusion state does not change.
  • the intermediate incident surface 55 can achieve a stable light diffusion state.
  • the intermediate incident surface 55 can similarly achieve the stable light diffusion state as long as the third light diffusion part 55b, the fourth light diffusion part 55a, and the plain part 55c are arranged on the intermediate incident surface 55 without excessive unevenness.
  • the first light diffusion parts 54a are evenly arranged on the substantially entire upper incident surface 54 and the second light diffusion parts 56b are also arranged evenly on the substantially entire lower incident surface 56. Consequently, if the attachment position of the lens 50 is slightly shifted by an attachment error at the time of assemble or the like, the light diffusion state of the upper incident surface 54 and the lower incident surface 56 does not change, as in the intermediate incident surface 55.
  • the upper incident surface 54 and the lower incident surface 56 can achieve the stable light diffusion state.
  • the first light diffusion part 54a, the second light diffusion part 56b, the third light diffusion part 55b, and the fourth light diffusion part 55a have the same shape.
  • the first light diffusion part 54a, the second light diffusion part 56b, the third light diffusion part 55b, and the fourth light diffusion part 55a are a prism that is a rhombus pyramid having a rhombic bottom surface and projecting in a direction away from the incident surface 51 (toward the side of the light source 30).
  • the rhombus pyramid has a height (projection) of 10 ⁇ m.
  • the rhombus pyramid has a height (projection) of 10 ⁇ m.
  • the diffusion width of light varies depending on the height (the projection) of a rhombus pyramid.
  • the diffusion width of light in the first light diffusion part 54a is thus substantially equal to the diffusion width of light in the fourth light diffusion part 55a.
  • the rhombus pyramid has a height (projection) of 20 ⁇ m.
  • the rhombus pyramid has a height (projection) of 20 ⁇ m.
  • the diffusion width of light in the third light diffusion part 55b is thus substantially equal to the diffusion width of light in the second light diffusion part 56b.
  • the intermediate incident surface 55 includes the plain part 55c in which the light diffusion part (the third light diffusion part 55b or the fourth light diffusion part 55a) is not arranged, and thus light entering the lens 50 from the plain part 55c is not diffused.
  • the amount of dimming in a light distribution pattern formed by light entering the intermediate incident surface 55 is less than that in a case where light diffusion parts are formed on the entire intermediate incident surface 55 without any gaps.
  • light entering the lens 50 from a part in which the light diffusion part (the third light diffusion part 55b or the fourth light diffusion part 55a) is arranged is diffused based on the diffusion width of that light diffusion part.
  • Figs. 5 show light distribution patterns on a screen.
  • Fig. 5(a) shows a light distribution pattern P1 of light entering the upper incident surface 54.
  • Fig. 5(b) shows a light distribution pattern P2 of light entering the intermediate incident surface 55.
  • Fig. 5(c) shows a light distribution pattern P3 of light entering the lower incident surface 56.
  • Fig. 5(d) shows a low-beam light distribution pattern LP obtained by multiplexing the light distribution patterns P1, P2, and P3.
  • light entering the upper incident surface 54 (see Fig. 5(a) ) and the lower incident surface 56 (see Fig. 5(c) ) forms a diffused light distribution pattern in a low-beam light distribution pattern.
  • Light entering the intermediate incident surface 55 (see Fig. 5(b) ) forms a collected light distribution pattern in a low-beam light distribution pattern, including an upper cut-off line CL1, a diagonal cut-off line CL2, and a lower cut-off line CL3.
  • cut-off line CL1 the upper cut-off line CL1, the diagonal cut-off line CL2, and the lower cut-off line CL3 are collectively referred to as a cut-off line CL.
  • the intermediate incident surface 55 includes the plain part 55c and light entering the lens 50 from the plain part 55c is not diffused. It is thus possible to reduce the amount of dimming in a light distribution pattern, and as described below with reference to Fig. 6 , the cut-off line CL can be easily viewed.
  • Figs. 6 are partial enlarged views of the cut-off line CL of a light distribution pattern on a screen formed by light entering the intermediate incident surface 55.
  • Fig. 6(a) is a comparison diagram in which light diffusion parts identical to the third light diffusion parts 55b are arranged on the entire intermediate incident surface 55 without any gaps.
  • Fig. 6(b) shows a case of the present embodiment.
  • the light diffusion part is formed on the intermediate incident surface 55.
  • Light diffused by the light diffusion part is thus irradiated above the upper cut-off line CL1, the diagonal cut-off line CL2, and the lower cut-off line CL3, and light distribution expands over the range indicated by an one-dot chain line SL.
  • the plain part 55c is arranged but also the third light diffusion part 55b having a large diffusion width of light and the fourth light diffusion part 55a having a small diffusion of light are arranged in a mixed manner in the light diffusion part in the present embodiment.
  • Light diffused by the fourth light diffusion part 55a having a small diffusion of light is irradiated on a position indicated by a dot line SLM between the cut-off line CL and the one-dot chain line SL, which is a good state where the amount of light is gradually reduced from the cut-off line CL toward the one-dot chain line SL.
  • each of the upper incident surface 54, the intermediate incident surface 55, and the lower incident surface 56 shown in Fig. 3 in the vertical direction is 1/3 of the maximum width of the incident surface 51 in the vertical direction in the present embodiment, it is not necessary to have an equal width. It is only required that the intermediate incident surface 55 has a width that enables a part of the incident surface 51 where light mainly forming the cut-off line CL enters to be covered.
  • the intermediate incident surface 55 in a manner that the width (the maximum width) of the intermediate incident surface 55 in the vertical direction (the vertical direction in the drawing) is 20% to 45% of the maximum width of the incident surface 51 in the vertical direction, and the substantially intermediate (the substantially center) part of the width of the intermediate incident surface 55 in the vertical direction is positioned at the center of the incident surface 51.
  • the light diffusion part (the first light diffusion part 54a, the second light diffusion part 56b, the third light diffusion part 55b, and the fourth light diffusion part 55a) is a prism that is a rhombus pyramid having a rhombic bottom surface in the embodiment described above, it is not necessary to have a rhombic bottom surface.
  • a prism such as a right square pyramid having a square bottom surface may be used, and the shape of the prism may be changed as needed.
  • the height (the projection) of the light diffusion part does not need to be limited to the height specifically mentioned above.
  • the height (the projection) of the light diffusion part (the first light diffusion part 54a, the second light diffusion part 56b, the third light diffusion part 55b, and the fourth light diffusion part 55a) is increased, the diffusion width of light is increased.
  • the height (the projection) is reduced, the diffusion width of light is reduced. Consequently, the height (the projection) of the light diffusion part (the first light diffusion part 54a, the second light diffusion part 56b, the third light diffusion part 55b, and the fourth light diffusion part 55a) may be adjusted to be suitable for a required degree of dimming of light distribution.
  • Direct light from the light source 30 also enters the upper incident surface 54.
  • the height (the protrusion) of the first light diffusion part 54a is preferably lower than or equal to 10 ⁇ m.
  • Fig. 7 shows the low-beam light distribution pattern LP shown in Fig. 5(d) , that is, shows a light distribution pattern of the vehicular lighting according to the embodiment described above.
  • the second light diffusion parts 56b are evenly formed on the substantially entire lower incident surface 56 in the embodiment described above, and thus light irradiated to the lower side of the low-beam light distribution pattern LP is also diffused.
  • the lower side of the low-beam light distribution pattern LP is a light distribution part irradiating the vicinity of the vehicle 102. Consequently, if a group of light beams to be irradiated has unevenness in luminous intensity, such unevenness in luminous intensity easily appears. As a result, unevenness in luminous intensity based on light diffusion by the second light diffusion part 56b may be generated in the lower side of the low-beam light distribution pattern LP such as an area A circled by a dot line in Fig. 7 .
  • the second light diffusion parts 56b are not preferably arranged in the lower portion of the lower incident surface 56.
  • Fig. 8 shows a modification of the incident surface 51 of the lens 50, specifically, a case where the second light diffusion parts 56b are not arranged in the lower portion of the lower incident surface 56.
  • the second light diffusion parts 56b are arranged, without any gaps, in an area having a width which is half the lower incident surface width in a direction from the intermediate incident surface 55 toward a vertically lower side (a lower side in the drawing).
  • the remaining area of the lower incident surface 56 is the plain part 56c in which the second light diffusion parts 56b are not arranged.
  • the lower portion of the lower incident surface 56 is the plain part 56c, and thus light entering the lens 50 from the plain part 56c is not diffused and it is possible to prevent unevenness in luminous intensity based on light diffusion from being generated.
  • a vehicular lighting for right travelling can achieve similar effects when a light diffusion part is formed on an incident surface of a lens as described above. Consequently, the present invention is not limited to the vehicular lighting for left travelling.

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  1. Éclairage de véhicule (10) comprenant :
    une source lumineuse (30) ; et
    une lentille (50) disposée sur un côté avant de la source lumineuse (30), dans lequel de la lumière provenant de la source lumineuse (30) pénètre dans la lentille (50) et
    l'éclairage de véhicule (10) forme une distribution de lumière (LP) ayant une ligne de coupure (CL), et dans lequel
    une surface incidente (51) de la lentille (50) comprend
    une surface incidente supérieure (54) au-dessus d'un centre de la surface incidente (51), sur laquelle est disposée une première partie de diffusion de lumière (54a) diffusant la lumière,
    une surface incidente inférieure (56) au-dessous du centre de la surface incidente (51),
    sur laquelle est disposée une deuxième partie de diffusion de lumière (56b) diffusant la lumière, et
    une surface incidente intermédiaire (55) comprenant le centre de la surface incidente (51), sur laquelle sont disposées une troisième partie de diffusion de lumière (55b) et une quatrième partie de diffusion de lumière (55a) qui diffusent la lumière, la surface incidente intermédiaire (55) ayant une partie claire (55c) dans laquelle la troisième partie de diffusion de lumière (55b) et la quatrième partie de diffusion de lumière (55a) ne sont pas disposées,
    caractérisé en ce que
    une largeur de diffusion de la lumière de la troisième partie de diffusion de lumière (55b) est plus grande qu'une largeur de diffusion de la lumière de la quatrième partie de diffusion de lumière (55a).
  2. Éclairage de véhicule (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel une largeur de diffusion de la lumière de la première partie de diffusion de lumière (54a) est sensiblement égale à la largeur de diffusion de la lumière de la quatrième partie de diffusion de lumière (55a).
  3. Éclairage de véhicule (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la largeur de diffusion de la lumière de la troisième partie de diffusion de lumière (55b) est sensiblement égale à une largeur de diffusion de la lumière de la deuxième partie de diffusion de lumière (56b).
  4. Éclairage de véhicule (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la surface incidente intermédiaire (55) comprend
    une première partie de modèle d'agencement (1) dans laquelle la troisième partie de diffusion de lumière (55b) et la quatrième partie de diffusion de lumière (55a) sont disposées de manière sensiblement alternée dans une direction horizontale,
    une deuxième partie de modèle d'agencement (2) dans laquelle sensiblement seule la partie claire (55c) est disposée dans la direction horizontale, et
    une troisième partie de modèle d'agencement (3) dans laquelle sensiblement seule la quatrième partie de diffusion de lumière (55a) est disposée dans la direction horizontale, et dans lequel
    la surface incidente intermédiaire (55) comprend la première partie de modèle d'agencement (1) sensiblement à un centre de la surface incidente intermédiaire (55) dans une direction verticale, et vers un extérieur dans la direction verticale, la surface incidente intermédiaire (55) comprend séquentiellement la deuxième partie de modèle d'agencement (2), la première partie de modèle d'agencement (1), la troisième partie de modèle d'agencement (3), la première partie de modèle d'agencement (1), la troisième partie de modèle d'agencement (3), la première partie de modèle d'agencement (1), et la deuxième partie de modèle d'agencement (2), et la surface incidente intermédiaire (55) comprend en outre la troisième partie de modèle d'agencement (3) sur un extérieur supérieur de la surface incidente intermédiaire (55) dans la direction verticale et la première partie de modèle d'agencement (1) sur un extérieur de fond de la surface incidente intermédiaire (55) dans la direction verticale.
  5. Éclairage de véhicule (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la première partie de diffusion de lumière (54a) est disposée sur une surface sensiblement entière de la surface incidente supérieure (54) sans aucun espace.
  6. Éclairage de véhicule (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel lorsqu'une largeur la plus large de la surface incidente inférieure (56) dans la direction verticale est définie comme une largeur de surface incidente inférieure, la deuxième partie de diffusion de lumière (56b) est disposée, sans aucun espace, dans une zone ayant une largeur qui est sensiblement égale à la moitié de la largeur de surface incidente inférieure dans une direction allant de la surface incidente intermédiaire (55) vers un côté verticalement inférieur, et
    une zone restante de la surface incidente inférieure (56) est une partie claire (56c) dans laquelle la deuxième partie de diffusion de lumière (56b) n'est pas disposée.
  7. Éclairage de véhicule (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la deuxième partie de diffusion de lumière (56b) est disposée sur une surface sensiblement entière de la surface incidente inférieure (56) sans aucun espace.
  8. Éclairage de véhicule (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la surface incidente intermédiaire (55) est formée de manière à positionner un centre de la surface incidente (51) au niveau d'une partie sensiblement intermédiaire d'une largeur de la surface incidente intermédiaire (55) dans la direction verticale, et
    la largeur de la surface incidente intermédiaire (55) dans la direction verticale est de 20 % à 45 % d'une largeur maximale d'une surface incidente entière (51) dans la direction verticale.
  9. Éclairage de véhicule (10) selon la revendication 1, comprenant en outre :
    un réflecteur (40) qui est disposé de manière à couvrir la source lumineuse (30) en forme de demi-dôme et réfléchit de la lumière provenant de la source lumineuse (30) vers un côté de la lentille (50) ; et
    une teinte (60) qui est disposée entre le réflecteur (40) et la lentille (50) et bloque une partie de la lumière réfléchie par le réflecteur (40).
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